Breaking: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Samuel Anyanwu as PDP Nat’l Secretary

According to the Supreme Court’s decision, Senator Samuel Anyanwu is the rightful National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal’s December 20, 2024, ruling in Enugu, which had supported the High Court’s decision to dismiss Anyanwu and name Sunday Udey-Okoye as his successor.

Anyanwu, who was unhappy with the appellate court’s decision, appealed the case to the Supreme Court, claiming that neither the Court of Appeal nor the Enugu High Court had the authority to make a decision on a matter pertaining to the PDP’s internal affairs. He insisted that issues pertaining to party leadership and membership are not subject to the law and therefore not to be decided by a court.

Anyanwu further accused the lower court of neglecting to take into account whether the plaintiff had used up all of PDP’s internal dispute resolution procedures prior to bringing the lawsuit. Furthermore, he expressed doubt about the choice to give the plaintiff the right to contest his position, arguing that such issues are essential to a court’s jurisdiction.

Furthermore, Anyanwu argued that he was not dismissed from his position as National Secretary nor did he resign, contesting the lower courts’ interpretation of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022.

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He maintained that the PDP constitution lays out exactly how executive posts are to be vacated and that the judges’ judgment that he had resigned was not supported by any legal grounds. He reaffirmed his argument that his dismissal was illegal by pointing out that the PDP constitution’s Article 47 only allows party officers to serve one four-year term.

Remember that the PDP’s National Working Committee, Board of Trustees, and Governors’ Forum had all endorsed Udey-Okoye.